Thursday, August 12, 2004

The Longest Day

[Mood - Numb][Music - This Ascension: Sever]

4:00amWake up suddenly. My room is damp and I quickly look at the clock, then the window. It really was 4am, and it was dark out. My alarm was supposed to go on at 4:30. I'm to pick up Doug & Michelle at 5:20 to get them to the Philadelphia airport by 6:30. Since a major website I'm developing at work goes live today... I must get to work after dropping them off.

4:42amDoug's 4:30 wake-up call. I inform him I am on the road.

4:51amStop at Dunkin Donuts to buy two glazed donuts and a large coffee.

4:53amEn Route to Doug & Michelle's apartment, when I discover NAPKINS are not included in my donut order.

4:54amMake a swift u-turn back to Dunkin Donuts, and (without really noticing) I snappingly ask for napkins. The kid (who I think was Indian) asked, "I have done something wrong?" in reply to being snapped at. Realizing I was snappy over NAPKINS, I smile and say "No.. just forgot some napkins."

6:20amArrive at Philadelphia Airport, quick thank you's and goodbye's are exchanged. Doug & Michelle are off to California.

6:25amTake I-95 North... what I believe is the way back to Bethlehem.

6:33amAfter crossing huge bridge into Philadelphia, realize that it was I-95 SOUTH I should've taken, which would've lead me back to I-476 North... which is the way back to Bethlehem. See, it's the whole North-South thing. I took I-95 North to get to the airport, even though I was traveling I-476 South the whole time, before the highway divided. So, after getitng out of the busy airport, I figured... North is the way home.

6:46amCross huge bridge after figuring out the whole North-South thing, and getting a good look at Lincoln Financial Field and Wachovia center.

7:00amTraffic congestion on I-476 (Turnpike).

7:10amSame congestion.

7:52amListen to Howard Stern have phone sex with a retarded girl.

8:12amDealing with Turnpike traffic.

8:49amDrive past Lehigh University and catch a glimps of Eagle's last practice of Training Camp.

9:12amArrive at work, begin finishing efforts to bring site live.

3:00pmRun into major problems with the Flash map I've been working on.

3:25pmRaquel calls to remind me to call Lincoln Financial Field to try to get Eagles tickets.

3:38pmSolve problem in FLASH!

3:41pmCall LFF... got a recording, no closer to tickets.

4:45pmFinal touches to graphics work for new website.

6:28pmMajor website begins to go live.

6:29pmDoug calls from California. They made it just fine. He loves the weather.

7:00pmSite continues to go live.

8:12pmVery, very, very last minute revisions to a few graphics. Site officially live.

8:13pmA steady stream of hundreds of errors are reported to my co-worker, the back-end webmaster. The record is NOT broken.

8:24pmLeave work.

8:40pmArrive at Lehigh Pizza for a couple of slices to go, with two bottles of Yeungling (they were out of Rolling Rock).

8:46pmArrive home... engage in conversation with the Madre for about 15 minutes.

9:01PMCrack open a beer, sit back to watch Kill Bill Vol. 2 with dinner.